Springfield Missouri — November 1957

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1 1 Nov 57 Spriagf lelcl4, I!.issouri o Was Balloon Probably Bnlloon Possibly B olloon 4. TYPE OF O&SERVATlOH 1. DATt:TIME GROUP >P Ground Vi suol 0 GroundRodor 0 Wos Aircraft -S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Probobl y Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Wns Al>tronomi col 1. lENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical d' lnsufficierH Data for Evaluation 1 _:'Ylot rep9rted 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Erisllt obj slowly appronched from \-lest. ggr; shaped, size 12 ~ 16'. Ribbed cc:tge o r fr.:u:nTolk. Purring sound. Zoo~ed to SE out of Sigt in 3CC0:1.d.S. ATIC FORM 319 (REV 26 3ZP 52) Obj flyin~ lO\-T. Possible light a/ c ho,..tever insuffic .i.cnt do.t 'l for firm cone luG ion. ?TD For-m 164 !:jCnt but not r e turr.e1 as of this d:1t~. ( 5 Oct 61~) G. ~!l\GTI'JS :l , i'le> SJ UND HEARD I. NS(;/\TIVS D ST'UdG HT FLIGHT T:tAVE LING FR0~1 EAST TO r. ST PAGE THRSE RJEDKF 3GE A. TJ!l!: SOUTI1AST CORNZR OF PORTLAND S'f At'ID l1ISSOUrti AVS. lHI:~L'l SCATTSRED C LOUDS. D 15 :~i\UTICAL ~ILES PAGS FO Urt RJ2DKF .SG E A. QUADRANT A~ZA 9 . ~TEGI\TIVE G22/~5J~Z NOV a JEDXF Hl!tADQUAATEAS FOREtGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR fiORCE SYSTEMS COM.._AND U,.ITilD ITA TII!S AI,. ~O,.C:It W"IOHTPATTfriUON AI,. fi'OAC1E .ASE, Ot-ftO TTN OF: TDEW UFO Sighting (11 Nov 57, Springfield, Miasoori) 15 Jul 64 to: Hq U3AF SAFOI PB (t-lrs Gaiser) Wtuth D C 20330 1. Reference the attached letter .fl-_,. regarding an unidentified flying object report on 11 Nov 57. 2. OUr recorda indicate no reports from the Springtie ld, tA..issouri area on 11 Nov 57. Ho....,ever, en l''TD Form 164 may be forwarde d to them to fill out. It should be stated though, that due to a lapse of many years it may not be possible to positively identify their observation. :roR THE COMMANDER olonel, USAF Deputy for Technology and Subsystems Dear ~tr. and L'-lrs Thls is 1n reply to your letter oC July 8 , 1964, addresaed to the ?rojeot Blue Book office at \iright-Pa.tterson Air Foree Base, in which you reported s~eing an unidentitied flying objt3ot on November 11, 1957. Inclosed ia C-"1 Air Forea FTD Forrtt 164, "U.S. Air Force rechnical Information" questionnaire. If you tlould complete thi 3 form 1n as much d i3ta1l ?..3 pos3ibla ~"'ld return it to this Headquarters, our :Project; ort'lce will endeavor to evaluata your sighting and adviaa you of the analysia. It must be noted, ho~t~evar, that due co the l~ngth of time which ha3 elapsed, it may not bcl possible to positively identify thia obsarvation. Inclosed al3o is a sal-addresaed envelope for your convenir:!nee in returning the Form. !::1closure ogsrsv1lle~ Mls3our1 Sincarely, lAS'l'ON M. JACKS Najor~ USA? Public L~ormation D1v1slon Office of Iniormatlon 21 November 19 57 3. OATETIM! GROUP 7. LENGTH 011 08$ERYATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION TYPE OF OBSE RVATIOH ;ocGround-Vi suol 0 Ground R oclar 0 AI,. VIsual 0 Air-Intercept Rodor Civ..i..lian 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon a Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Po ssl bl y AI rcroh 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astranomlcol 0 Possibly Astronomical" 0 <Insufficient Oota for Evoluotian ,o. BRI~II SUM ... 4AY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS a Un"nOWft Very b r ight light blu0 ~"'Ylinder objecc No e l e vation or nzimuth give n s iz0 o f 'baseball. rtiuch brig hter on. one mal<ing il 1PlfH")SSiblc to prol) e .:-l y sid~ than the other. No souno.. evaluata., P t: ol.>ctbly :t.s~:.1o ATJC PORN 32? (R~Y 26 SP.P 52) DE ~J2DKF 3GE ~- TO R JC::DDrJI CO~l DR RJEDKF /C0:'1D:t RJSDSQ/COtlDR RJ.~?HQJ Co:! DR. 1/U 1i CLASS IF I i D//OPS-59~;. SUuJ: UFO.J ARZA Oi R PO"TiD Oi~ SPl~INGFI::LD ~IO, FROB 797 ACH;{ON FO.P.DLAHD i10. DATE OF REPOHT 21 NOV 5 7 DAT.-~ OF I NFO.tllATION 21 NOV 57. PrlEPARZD oY 1ST/ LT JACK L. 6RZID Ai~D SiSG1' JOHH oOSSOIl JR. SOURC,-: NR SPll INGF I:::LD tiO. c . VS~Y dRIGHT LIGHT BLUE P AG:;: T .!0 OF RJr.: D l\F 3GE